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williamlondon said:

DAalseth said:

StrangeDays said:

DAalseth said:

libertymatters said:

There is simply no trust for smart home devices.  No thanks.

I agree. I have no interest in relying on my phone to work door locks, outside lights, thermostats, or curtains. I just don’t see the upside.

My thermostat also can be managed via my iPad in addition to my phone. 

That’s one of those use cases that I really wonder why you would do that. I bought a programmable thermostat ~10 years ago. I programmed it when it was first installed and other than changing batteries every couple of years I have never had to do anything to it. People keep talking about how great it is to be able to adjust the temp from their phone, especially when they aren’t home. I simply don’t ever need to do that. My thermostat takes care of itself. 

Do you understand what you're saying, "because *I* can't see utility in this, it's useless." Maybe put the mirror down.

DAalseth said:

libertymatters said:

There is simply no trust for smart home devices.  No thanks.

I agree. I have no interest in relying on my phone to work door locks, outside lights, thermostats, or curtains. I just don’t see the upside.

lotones said:

9secondkox2 said:

No need to follow after something that isn’t quite working in the market. 

The killer app for headsets is entertainment - gaming and media. 

In that sense, meta even has the better product. 

Apple has the far superior hardware, software, and ecosystem. 

But all the hardware and OS polish in the world isn’t going to save a product that the market has rejected time and again - save for a niche subset of gamers. 

The quest is lighter, doesn’t require a tethered battery, and plays decent games. 

While there are some compelling engineering/medical use cases, it’s not a mass market thing. 

Most people just don’t want to be encumbered by a device for their daily needs. 

When it’s indoor/outdoor sunglasses, that may possibly change. 

But headsets just suck. 

One of the best decisions Meta ever made is saying “no” to this. Kinda like Apple used to do.  

Or... Meta realized they can't just slap together something in 6 months to compete with something that has almost 10 years of development behind it. The  only thing holding back the Vision Pro from becoming a blockbuster success is its price. When that comes down everybody will want one. Remember, the iPod was based on only one kind of media. When people start seeing their friends with one and they have a chance to try it out for themselves, Apple Vision For-The-Rest-of-Us will be huge.

DAalseth said:

tht said:

dewme said:

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So ... the big question here for me is whether the iPhone 16s are the 1st generation "Apple Intelligence" iPhones (AI iPhones) or whether the iPhone 15s will be post facto declared to be the first "AI iPhone?" If the iPhone 15s are able to run all Apple Intelligence features without any restrictions then perhaps jumping on iPhone 16 isn't really taking another leap of faith on a 1st generation Apple product. I'm still leaning more in the direction of the iPhone 16s being the true 1st generation "AI iPhones." Of course this may not matter to a ton of potential buyers because an iPhone is an iPhone and iPhones are always a smart purchase. Even if some of the Apple Intelligence features are a little raw or unrefined at first on the iPhone 15s and iPhone 16s, most of the potholes should be able to be filled via software updates.

No matter how you look at it, if you want to jump on the Apple Intelligence bandwagon with both feet, the iPhone 16s will probably deliver the best possible AI experience.  The iPhone 15s will be a half-step or full-step behind the iPhone 16s. A year from now, the iPhone 17s will probably blow the 15s and 16s out of the water in terms of the width, breadth, and performance of Apple Intelligence on an iPhone platform. That is of course subject to how well Apple Intelligence ensconces itself into iPhone users' personal relationship with their iPhones. The jury is still out on this because a very tiny percentage of prospective iPhone buyers have any understanding of what Apple Intelligence brings to their table, myself included, and I try to stay up to date on what's happening with Apple. 

I wouldn't count on anything Apple Intelligence making a meaningful improvement on your computing experience in the near future. And, I doubt it will generate a bigger sales cycle.

If you don't understand how it helps you, it means the people hyping it don't have an understanding how it helps people too. Therefore, be skeptical.

From what we've seen so far, it's basically an advanced writing helper, image creation, audio/video creation tool. So, it may be useful to a certain niche of people, but basically not useful to the majority of the market. It goes right down the wheelhouse of today's media, and is getting much more hype due to that than it really deserves.

Even for that niche, you really have to question whether people will continue to use it after the novelty wears off. Most of that niche wants to have their own voice, their own unique style for their creations. Creating their stuff with an LLM interpolator makes it generic, and gradually, people will recognize that for what it is. Just generic dreck.

Eventually you'll have AI doctors and stuff like that. Like, an AI service that will diagnose and prescribe medicine or a course of action for you. Maybe in 5 years?

EXACTLY. The things they have been hyping, “an advanced writing helper, image creation, audio/video creation tool” are simply not things that I want. I see a fair number of people saying they are going to wait for the 17 because it will have AI more deeply integrated. I’m not waiting because all I’m going to do is turn them off.